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"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
08/02/2017 at 11:46 • Filed to: None

Who the hell does this? I traced one of these wires back and it changed color four times before mating up with the factory harness.

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LOL WUT

DISCUSSION (37)

crowmolly > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
08/02/2017 at 11:49

Project Jankuar

functionoverfashion > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
08/02/2017 at 11:51

Also, wire nuts. And butt connectors with two wires coming out of one end, none out of the other. And, and....

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > functionoverfashion
08/02/2017 at 11:53

I totally called the wire nuts. Told my buddy “I bet you a dollar the radio is installed with wire nuts to the factory harness” so those weren’t a surprise. The blatant misuse of butt connectors gave me serious pause, though.

TheHondaBro > crowmolly
08/02/2017 at 11:53

Jank is an understatement.

benjrblant > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
08/02/2017 at 11:54

Kinja'd!!!

Also applies to whomever did this wiring job.

AuthiCooper1300 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
08/02/2017 at 11:56

Who the hell does this?

As a friend of mine used to put it, “the enemy”.

“Remember that old Lancia? Yeah, it was in enemy hands for five years. Christ, the things they did to it!”

MonkeePuzzle > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
08/02/2017 at 11:58

changed color four times

I can do one worse. a friend pulled his radio to find his whole dash, EVERY SINGLE THING, was wired with the same red wire.

he gave up. all existing problems would remain problems.

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
08/02/2017 at 12:02

That’s why the first thing I do when I get an old new car is tidying up the install by mating ISO connectors to the existing factory harness permanently

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
08/02/2017 at 12:02

Don’t you have a slightly more serious issue to be attending to?

functionoverfashion > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
08/02/2017 at 12:03

Right? The wire nuts are exactly what you use when kludging together 3 different 6" scraps of wire into a harness like that. But how do you have a butt connector and not understand how it’s supposed to work?!

Wacko > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
08/02/2017 at 12:06

you sure that ain’t lucas oem wires?

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Wacko
08/02/2017 at 12:10

Nah. Far too much slack. The rules with Lucas wiring are: Crimp as shitty as possible, leave absolutely no slack, use 18 gauge for 30 amp circuits.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
08/02/2017 at 12:10

I have no idea what you could be referring to.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction
08/02/2017 at 12:11

I had no idea that was a standard.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
08/02/2017 at 12:11

This is one of those times when I wonder how many times this stereo was stolen before being installed in your car.

Urambo Tauro > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
08/02/2017 at 12:12

Yuck. It’s so satisfying to clean up that rat’s nest. Hopefully there’s enough of the stock wiring left to make it look decent.

user314 > MonkeePuzzle
08/02/2017 at 12:13

Rule 136 on the Evil Overlord list !

If I build a bomb, I will simply remember which wire to cut if it has to be deactivated and make every wire red.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
08/02/2017 at 12:13

it’s like a family heirloom.

CalzoneGolem > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
08/02/2017 at 12:16

I can’t say I’ve never done anything like this before or that I won’t in the future.

Robert Belvin > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
08/02/2017 at 12:16

My bad, that was me

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
08/02/2017 at 12:19

No? Not knocking any bells for you? Do I have to tap it out?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
08/02/2017 at 12:31

Yup. I’ve owned this radio for 25 years and more. I blacked out all of the righting with a Sharpie to make it less attractive to thieves. I’ve had it in two or three cars, anyway.

Kinja'd!!!

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
08/02/2017 at 12:32

You ask? What about you? What’s more serious than good Oppo?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
08/02/2017 at 12:33

I’ve never dealt with Lucas wiring, but I’ve read plenty of complaints about it and if someone tasked me with designing “Lucas wiring,” those would have been my three criteria.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Urambo Tauro
08/02/2017 at 12:35

Even though it’s hidden from sight. Clean it up.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
08/02/2017 at 12:35

His failing engine.